flimflamming

Variant of flimflam

flimflam definition

flim·flam (flim′flam′)

noun

  1. nonsense; rubbish; humbug
  2. a sly trick or deception

Etymology: ? redupl. < flam, deceptive trick

transitive verb flimflammed -·flammed′, flimflamming -·flam′·ming

Informal to trick, swindle, or cheat

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